Improvement in bottles and stoppers



UNITED STATES PATENT CFEIOE.

AUGUSTUS XV. NEVELL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLES AND STOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152, [58, dated June 16, 1874; application tiled January 7, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUsTUs W. NEwELL, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Necks and Stoppers; and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description there of, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the upper portion of a bottlecontaiuing my improved stopper. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same'upon a lille passing through the discharge-passage and air-vent, said stopper being turned so as to close said openings; and Fig. 3 is a like view of said bottle. its stopper being arranged so as to inclose its vent and discharge-passage.

Letters ot' like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The design of my invention is to enable the liquid contents of a bottle to be discharged without removal ot' its stopper, and also to enable the quantity ot such liquid that is permitted to escape to be easily controlled; to which end it consists in the combination ot' a bottle provided at opposite sides' of its neck with radial openings, with a stopper which closely fills said neck, and is provided with passages which may be caused to coincide with and extend between said openings and the interior of said bottle, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawing, A represents the neck ot' a bottle having the usual cylindrical interior, and provided, at a short distance below its upper end, with two lateral openings, a and a., which extend radially outward from opposite sides. The outer ends of these openings may, if desired, come flush with vthe sides of said neck, but for convenience I prefer to extend them outward in the form of a pipe, as shown. Vithin the interior ot' the neck A is placed a stopper, B, which stopper has the same shape and dimensions as said interior, and when in position with its upper enlarged end b just above the end of said neck, so closely lls the space as to prevent leakage or accidental displacement. Within opposite sides of the stopper B are formed passages b and b, which may be caused -to coincide with the openin gs a and a, and from the latter coinmunicate with the interior ot' said bottle, so as to permit the liquid contents of the same to escape outward and air to enter.

The operation of the device is as follows: Then the bottle is not in use its stopper is turned to the position shown in Fig. 2, and eftectuall y cuts oft' communication between the exterior and interior of said bottle. When it is desired to discharge a portion ot the con tents of the bottle the stopper is turned until its passage coincides with the lateral openings in the neck, and said bottle then tilted until the liquid will tlow through one of the passages b and from its corresponding opening c, air to supply the place ot' such liquid being admitted through the opposite upper passages. By placing the thumb over the upper opening or airvent, and admitting air slowly through the same, the speed with which the liquid is discharged, and the quantity discharged, may be regulated with the utmost nicety.

The especial advantage obtained by this construction is the ease and certainty with which the contents of the bottle may be discharged; buta farther and important advantage consists in the protection afforded against the loss ofthe stopper, there being no occasiontor the removal ofthe latter, except when. it becomes necessary to [ill or clean said bottle.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim as new 1s- The bottle -neck A, provided at opposite sides with radial openings a and a, in combination with the stopper B, having passages b and b', which may be caused to coincide with said openings and aitord communication between the same and the interior of the bottle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that4 I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of December, 1873.

AUGUSTUS W. NEWELL.

lVitnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, G. E. HUEsrIs. 

